ci: releases (#2530)

* ci: releases

* docs: minor update form @wjakob

* fix: enforce reasonable version of setuptools

.github/workflows/configure.yml

@@ -82,57 +82,3 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: build dir
       if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
       run: cmake --build . --config Release --target check
-
-  # This builds the sdists and wheels and makes sure the files are exactly as
-  # expected. Using Windows and Python 2.7, since that is often the most
-  # challenging matrix element.
-  test-packaging:
-    name: 🐍 2.7 • 📦 tests • windows-latest
-    runs-on: windows-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-    - name: Setup 🐍 2.7
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      with:
-        python-version: 2.7
-
-    - name: Prepare env
-      run: python -m pip install -r tests/requirements.txt --prefer-binary
-
-    - name: Python Packaging tests
-      run: pytest tests/extra_python_package/
-
-
-  # This runs the packaging tests and also builds and saves the packages as
-  # artifacts.
-  packaging:
-    name: 🐍 3.8 • 📦 & 📦 tests • ubuntu-latest
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-    - name: Setup 🐍 3.8
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.8
-
-    - name: Prepare env
-      run: python -m pip install -r tests/requirements.txt build twine --prefer-binary
-
-    - name: Python Packaging tests
-      run: pytest tests/extra_python_package/
-
-    - name: Build SDist and wheels
-      run: |
-        python -m build -s -w .
-        PYBIND11_GLOBAL_SDIST=1 python -m build -s -w .
-
-    - name: Check metadata
-      run: twine check dist/*
-
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-      with:
-        path: dist/*